miércoles, 11 de mayo de 2011

8th level students

Hi there! How have you been? Did you enjoy your long weekend? I hope so As you know we have been working so hard with File 6 and there are some things that I'd like you to practice. To begin with let's do something on articles

Articles

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/a_grammar/file06/nef_upperint_grammar06_ai02/

Do the activity and print your score.

Then do the following exercise on countable and uncountable nouns

Countable and uncountable nouns

Now to have extra  practice on vocabulary do the following activity about idioms and collocation

Idioms and collocation


Finally I want to do this activity about phrasal verbs, but apart from doing this activity, I want you to write 2 extra sentences with the phrasal  verbs you think were the most difficult for you to learn and upload them here on the blog as a "comentario" by this Monday.

Phrasal verbs in context

All the activities have to be handed in by Monday, ok? So good luck and take care. Remember just to print the score. Bye.

martes, 10 de mayo de 2011

DIDEPA STUDENTS

Hi there I hope you enjoy this Mother's Day with your mothers and families. Please give my regards to your mothers, and for those who have the privilege of being one, Congratulations!
Today I just want you to have extra practice on sports and games vocabulary, so go to the following link to check and study the words, definitions and sentence examples and then, click on the second link to do a quiz on that. Print your quiz and give it to me in class this Wednesday, but remember that if you can't make it on time send it to my mail on Wedenesday before 12:00 pm so that I can check it.
First link:
Second link:
Bye and take care!

lunes, 4 de abril de 2011

DIDEPA STUDENTS

Hi there! I hope you all have had a beautiful weekend! today I just want you to have fun doing the following activity: a memory game on sports. I suggest doing the activity on level 5 or 6, you can choose the level but I think any of them will be ok. Print your score as you know, and bring it to class, this time I'll just take into consideration the activities done on time I mean, you have to take your score to class and I'll be checking your activities from 5:05 to 5:15 ok? Remember, if you have any problem to arrive on time, send your activity before the class to my e-mail. Take care! See you on Wednesday. The link is the following: Sports: find the pairs 2 http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/vocabulary8/sports2.htm

lunes, 21 de marzo de 2011

DIDEPA STUDENTS

Hi there! I hope you all have enjoyed this long weekend. As you know, the following class we will be working with writting, so I would like you to check the following information about it The information is at the bottom of the page, it's like a power point presentation. This time I just want you to see it and drop a comment here on the blog, it can be about the information you check or about what you think of this way of working, I mean, using this tool to learn and improve your English. Your participation must be by Wednesday. See you and take care!

The title of the presentation is Understanding Writing: The rhetorical Situation. The link is:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/625/01/

Bye!

lunes, 14 de marzo de 2011

DIDEPA STUDENTS

Hi there! What are you up to? I hope you are just fine. Today I would like you to do an exercise here about phrasal verbs related to the main topic of this new unit: work and jobs. Just write down your anwers on a separate sheet of paper and bring it to class this Wednesday, if you want, you can copy the whole exercise but it's not necessary. This time I would also like you to drop a line here to let me know what's your opinion of the blog and any thing you want to share with us.

See you in class! Take care!

Phrasal Verbs

Complete the sentences by making phrasal verbs using the particles below. More than one may be possible.

back for out with in on down off

1. If you would like to apply for the job, simply fill _______ the online application form.
2. Petra deals ________ some of our most important clients and handles their accounts.
3. He is looking_________ staff. He always takes ________ extra staff during the holiday season.
4. I sent _______ my CV and a letter of application but they never wrote _______.
5. Terrible news... the factory is laying ______ three hundred people; the jobs are going overseas.
6. They offered me the job but I turned it ______ when I found _____ the salary was too low.

Good luck to you all.

martes, 8 de marzo de 2011

Students of 8th. level








Hi there How are you doing? I hope just fine. As we are about to finish the file nunber 5 I want you to do some activities to practice and consolidate what we have checked in class.




To begin with, as you have noticed, this book has a section called "mini grammar" but unfortunately, we don't have enough time to practice these exercises, so do the following activity on this topic. The link is the following:

As



Remember to print your score, and give it to me by Friday.


Colloquial English

The second activity is the following: It's very important for students of your level to get familiar with idioms, phrases and collocations used in everyday situations, so do this activity about colloquial English with the topic of Music Festivals.




Finally, phrasal verbs are extremelly important for anyone who wants to be fluent in English, so this activity is to help you practice them in context.

Phrasal Verbs


Remember, the deadline for all the activities is this Friday. Good luck and take care.



Group 502




Hello dear students. As we are about to finish this first file I want you to practice the last aspect of grammar, the use of will, shall, present continuous and going to. So please click on the following link and print your score. Give it to me by Friday.


Future forms.


This is the link:



Practical English.


To have extra practice on vocabulary related to everyday situations, do the following activity and once again remember to print your score and hand it in on Friday.





Finally, as I know the topic about reflexive pronouns or each other was a bit difficult for you, I'd like you to do this exercise to revise what we saw in class. This is also by Friday.
Reflexive pronouns


See you and good luck. This time I also want you to drop a line on the blog to share whatever you want about this new way of working.


Take care!